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UK Takes Next Step Toward National Payments System Overhaul

When the UK first floated plans for a payments network built for the digital economy, the obvious question was whether it could take on Mastercard and Visa, whose dominance of the country's card market has long seemed nearly unassailable.

UK Takes Next Step Toward National Payments System Overhaul

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When the UK first floated plans for a payments network built for the digital economy, the obvious question was whether it could take on Mastercard and Visa, whose dominance of the country's card market has long seemed nearly unassailable.

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